Advertising-sign.



un. 663,892. l

J. a. HANSEN. ADVERTISING SIGN.

(Application filed Aug. 20, 1900.1

Patented Dec. I8, |900.

(No Model.)

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JULIUS G. HANSEN, OE READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

ADVERTISING-SIGN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,892, dated-December 18, 1900.

Application tiled August 20, 1900. Serial No. 27.367- (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may con/cern:

Beit known that I, JULIUs G. HANsEma citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising-Signs, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates particularly to advertising-signs in which a covering or facing sheet of celluloid or similar material is ernployed in connection with abacking adapted to give form and rigidity to the completed de vice; and it consists in the improved method of uniting these essential elements and in the improved article of manufacture thereby produced.

The invention is fully described in connec# tion with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features are specifically pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sign embodying my improvements in preferred form. Fig. 2 is a partial plan view of the backing with a broken-away corner portion of the iiexible covering indicated in position thereon preparatory to uniting the parts. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of one of the iianged edges, showing how the covering is tautly united to the backing. Fig. 4t is an enlarged sectional view on the line 0c of Fig.

2, but showing in dotted lines the folded-over position of the projecting portion of the covering preparatory to the flanging operation. Fig. 5 is mainly similar to Fig. 3, but shows the flanged edge bent down against the rear face of the backing.

The covering or facing ,sheetjg of Celluloid or similar material, is provided on the rear, as usual, with ornamental advertising matter, either printed, lithographed, or painted directly upon its rear face or produced upon a separate lining sheet or sheets of paper or the like and arranged to show through the transparent material of the covering as clearly as though produced directly on the rear side of said material. This covering may be and frequently is further ornamented by embossing in suitable dies, and the printed lining-sheet when employed is generally secured to the rear face of the covering by ad* hesive material.

Ornamented celluloid coverings, as above described, have been commonly employed in connection with suitable backings, to which they have been secured by means of glue, pressure, and heat.

The main objects of my improvements are to firmly secure the covering to its backing without subjecting the iinished covering to any injurious action whatever, to adapt the finished sign for outdoor use, if desired, and at the same time to increase the economy of manufacture and the life and attractiveness of the sign. To this end I preferably em ploy a backing a of sheet metal. The size of this backing-sheetis greater than the finished sizeof the sign by the adilition of a border extension d all around for bending orI flanging, as hereinafter described, but is less than the size of the coveringf by the overhanging borderg of the latter, Figs. 3 and 4.. The corners b and h of each are suitably cut away to avoid undue piling of material at the corners of the finished device. The coveringf, having been suitablyprinted and ornamented either directlyor by the application of a printed and ornamented lining-sheet thereto, is laid fiat upon the backing a without securing it to the face of the latter, as indicated in Fig. a. The overhanging border g is then bent around each edge e of the backing and into contact with the reverse face of the latter, as indicated in dotted lines, this being readily doneY on a heated plate, which sets the covering material rmly in its bent shape.. The next step in the process is to flange over the interiorly and exteriorly covered edge portionsd of the backing on the dotted lines lo k, Figs. 2 and a. The effect of this, as indicated in Fig. 3, is to put an even stretch on the face of the covering f, due to its being drawn around the outer curve of the bend 7c, the turnedover borderg being firmly held, while the unsecured face f is free to stretch taut on the face of the backing, so as to be in close Contact therewith. At the saine time the turnedover portions g are firmly clenched in the acute inner angles 20E the bends k. By this method I have found it easy and economical to iirmly unite the covering to the backing without applying glue, heat, or pressure to the ornamented portion thereof and without any attening of embossed or IOO raised part-s, the only strain produced upon the covering in the process of uniting it to the backing being a slight and uniformly-distributed tension over the entire face sufficientto insure satisfactory disconnect-ed contact with the backing.

It is notessential that tho preferred method of construction described should be exactly followed in order to get the benefit of myr invention. For instance, if desired, the turnedover portions g only of the covering may be secured to the backing byy adhesive material, still leaving the face portion unsecured, the portions g being in such case of reduced wid th, as indicated in Fig. 5. Instead of having the iiauged portions d form stiffening-ribs they maybe iiattened, asindicated in Fig. 5. Also where the lining-sheet is used it may be left loose instead of being adhesively secured to the covering, as is commonlyV done, and be clenched and stretched taut simultaneously with the latter.

ing the projecting edges of the facing-sheet,

over the-edges of the backing-sheet and into contact with each face of the latter; and,

' nally,stretching the main body of the facingsheet taut on the backing by Hanging over the interiorly and exteriorly covered edge portions oi said backing sheet, holding the turned-over border of the facing-sheet firmly and leaving its unsecured body part free to be stretched taut on the face of the backingsheet during said i'langing operation, and securing the turned-over portions of the facingsheet, .substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a signv comprising a flangible metallic backing, and a flexible covering of celluloid or the like of larger size thanl the backing, loosely superposed on the latter and having its projecting border portion bentfaround the edges of the backing and into contact with the reverse face of the latter, said covering being simultaneouslyclen'ched to said. backing and drawn taut thereonby bending or Hanging the edges of the backing, together with the covering on saidl flanged portion, into a plane approximately parallel'with the body portion.

Signed by me at Reading, Pennsylvania, this 16th day of August, 1900.

J ULIUS G. HANSEN. 

